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Probably for the best with their history of customer support black holes and horror stories of falsely banned accounts in all their consumer products. Google i
by andrepew 5y ago
Probably for the best with their history of customer support black holes and horror stories of falsely banned accounts in all their consumer products.
Google is one of the last companies in the world I’d trust to hold my finances.
- ffhhj 5y agoRecently got my Adsense account banned, but did't use it since 2017, their ban system triggers randomly on any account: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28628849 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28628849
- noneeeed 5y agoIt's one of the aspects that is in my cons column as I decide on a new phone. I'm waiting to see what the Pixel 6 turns out like, but at the back of my mind is the knowledge that if there is a problem with it I'll be shouting into the void that is Google's support organisation, and I'm just not sure I want that.
- Thev00d00 5y agoAnecdotal: Google store direct purchased hardware support has been good. Responsive support and RMA process if you need it. Obviously doesn't help you with your higher level account ban situation.
- noneeeed 5y agoThat's good to know. Their total inability to do customer service in general makes me twitchy.
- onetimemanytime 5y ago"Dear John Q, your Gbank account and cards linked to it, have been frozen due to un-Googley activity. The appeal you are thinking of submitting has also been proactively denied. Enjoy your vacation."
- cblconfederate 5y agoa google bank account would be as risky as holding cryptocurrency
- anaganisk 5y agoNah, Im more afraid of google building content-isesque system where random people can post claim to any ones money. And google trying to convince us its a good thing.